Happy 73rd birthday soprano Diana Soviero. 

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Three Metropolitan Opera premieres on this date:

In 1884 Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots (Marcella Sembrich, Italo Campanini and Chrstine Nilsson.)
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In 1913 Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov (Adamo Didur, Paul Althouse and Louise Homer.)
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In 2001 Prokofiev’s The Gambler (Vladimir Galouzine, Olga Guryakova and Elena Obraztsova; conducted by Valery Gergiev)
httpvh:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=icpHzlFVGp0

WindyCityOperaman

Dan Soda (Windy City Operaman) is a Chicago native whose first visit to opera was at age 17 and Massenet’s Werther with Troyanos and Kraus. Nothing was ever the same. Opera and concert performances, recordings and video are an obsession. He prepares Parterre Box’s daily birthday and anniversary tributes. He also enjoys concerts, live theater and movies.

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